Hardy Lectureship

The LMS Hardy Lectureship is named after G.H. Hardy, former President of the Society and De Morgan Medallist. It is normally awarded in even numbered years, to a distinguished overseas mathematician.

The LMS Hardy Lecturer visits the UK for a period of about two weeks, and gives the Hardy Lecture at a Society meeting, normally held in London in July. The LMS Hardy Lecturer also gives at least six other lectures, on different topics, at other venues in the UK; the schedule is decided by the LMS Society, Lectures and Meetings Committee in consultation with the LMS Hardy Lecturer, and is designed to allow as many UK mathematicians as possible to benefit from the LMS Hardy Lecturer's presence in the UK.

Hardy Lectureship 2020

Nominations for the Hardy Lectureship Tour in 2020 are now open. The deadline to receive nominations is 31 January 2019.

Criteria for nominations include:

The Nominee is not normally resident in the United Kingdom

The Nominee has not previously been awarded the Lectureship

The Lectureship is not restricted to mathematicians working in any specific area of mathematics.

The Society, Lectures and Meetings Committee will also consider:

the achievements of the Nominee, including work in, influence on, and general service to mathematics; lecturing gifts; and breadth of mathematical interests;

the overall benefit the UK mathematical community might derive from the visit;

the possibility of bringing to the UK a mathematician who might otherwise visit rarely or never.

Nominations should include:

A cover letter

A short CV of the nominee

Nominations should be sent to the Chair of the Society, Lectures and Meetings Committee (lmsmeetings@lms.ac.uk).

The Hardy Lecturer 2020 will be announced in the November 2019 edition of the Newsletter.